The 2019 Great Lakes Valley Conference Men's Golf Championship will be held at Panther Creek Country Club in Springfield, Illinois, on April 21-23. This year's event marks the 41st annual GLVC Men's Golf Championship.
The GLVC Championship features a 54-hole stroke play event on the 7,141-yard par 72 course with the top-four teams after stroke play competing in medal/match play to determine the Conference champion. A total of 36 holes are played on Sunday, April 21, followed by 18 holes on Monday, April 22. The semifinals and finals of match play will take place on Tuesday, April 23.
The GLVC Men's Golf Championships will once again be streamed live and free on all GLVC Sports Network platforms, including GLVCSN.com, iOS/Android mobile apps, and Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV OTT apps. A complete schedule will be announced during championship week.
Indianapolis has captured 16 GLVC Championships, followed by Bellarmine, Lewis and Northern Kentucky with six each. Missouri-St. Louis earned both of its GLVC titles over the past four seasons. Southern Indiana along former league members UW-Parkside and Ashland have all claimed the GLVC Championship once.
The top-five finishers at the GLVC Men's Golf Championship are named All-GLVC, and the top-finishing individual after 54-hole medal play earns medalist honors. The remaining golf awards, including All-Conference positions Nos. 6-10, as well as GLVC Player, Freshman, and Coach of the Year, are named by a vote of the coaches at the conclusion of the spring season.
Last season, top-seeded UIndy turned in a near-sweep over second-seeded Maryville, 4.5-0.5, in Medal/Match Play en route to its league-best 16th GLVC Championship but first since 2014. The Greyhounds completed the effort by defeating the Saints in all but one head-to-head match-up, as Maryville was making its first-ever appearance in the finals, following a 4-1 win over reigning GLVC Champion and third-seeded Bellarmine. UIndy advanced to the finals after surviving a scare from No. 4 Missouri-St. Louis in the Semifinals, 3-2.
UIndy senior Graham McAree concluded his impressive career by winning GLVC medalist honors at 2-under 214 (72-76-66). McAree secured the title by three shots over Maryville's Joey Williams (70-73-74–217), who was two strokes ahead of teammate Jake Newman (76-74-69–219). Southern Indiana's Preston Van Winkle (75-76-70–221) clocked in at fourth, while three tied for fifth at 223: UIndy's Erik Edwards (76-78-69) and Spencer Klimek (74-76-73) along with Bellarmine's James Inman (74-77-72).
Admission to the 2019 GLVC Men's Golf Championship is free to the public.